Gardening with Perennials

Common Perennials
Perenniuals for Specific Uses
Bed Preparation
Planting & Transplanting
After Planting Care
Dividing Perennials
Fall & Winter Care


Perennials for Specific Uses

Virginia Bluebells

April Blooming Perennials

BugleweedAjuga reptans
Basket of GoldAurinia saxatilis
Pasque FlowerPulsatilla vulgaris
Rock CressArabis caucasica
Purple RockcressAubretia deltoidea
Glory-of-the-SnowChionodoxa luciliae
Old-fashioned Bleeding HeartDicentra spectabilis
Fringed bleeding HeartDicentra eximia
CandytuftIberis sempervirens
Netted IrisIris reticulata
Grape HyacinthMuscari armeniacum, M. botryoides
Creeping PhloxPhlox subulata
SquillScilla siberica
Early Tulips, Narcissus, and Hyacinth
Virginia BluebellsMertensia virginica
Jack-in-the-PulpitArisaema triphyllum
Marsh MarigoldCaltha palustris
Trout LilyErythronium americanum
Prairie SmokeGeum triflorum

Illinois native plants in red.

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